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Orelia Eleta Merchant
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Active service.
Confirmed 51 to 48Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- January 23, 2023
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 25, 2023
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), April 20, 2023
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 51 to 48
- Confirmed
- May 3, 2023
- Commissioned
- May 12, 2023
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1971, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Assistant regional counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chicago, Illinois, 1998-2000, 2001-2002
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Louisiana, 2000-2001
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of New York, 2002-2019; Civil Division, 2002-2016; executive assistant U.S. attorney, 2016-2019
- Chief deputy attorney general for state counsel, State of New York, 2019-2023
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